Sen. Helms: Kill Agency That Subsidizes The Arts

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September 16, 1997

WASHINGTON — The annual battle over federal arts funding moved to the Senate on Monday with conservative Sen. Jesse Helms urging elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts. The House has already stripped funding for the NEA from a fiscal 1998 spending bill, and Senate acceptance of the Helms measure would set up a confrontation with the White House, which strongly supports the agency responsible for federal subsidies for the arts. A Senate bill currently includes $100 million for the NEA.